⚡️🚨 While FEAR reigns, investors instits are buying DISCREETLY ... without going through the public markets.

OTC purchases allow them to invest BILLIONS without moving prices.

Wintermute's report lifts the veil on these practices ⤵︎

OTC crypto markets exploded in 2024 (Wintermute report) 🚀

- OTC trading volume quadrupled at Wintermute

- Its growth far outstripped the overall crypto market (+142%)

- All-time record set in Nov 2024: $2.24 bn traded in a single day

🤫 Why is the OTC market so attractive? For its discretion.

- Massive order execution without disrupting the public market or triggering liquidations.

- An essential tool for deploying large amounts of capital.

- Creation of an institutional parallel market

Institutions' favorite projects?

Against all odds, memecoins come out on top!

- OTC volume of memecoins: +210% in 2024

- Share of total volume: 16% (vs. 7% the previous year)

- Breakdown: Dogecoin 🐕 (53.6%), Shiba Inu (34.6%), Pepe (9%)

🔍 Sector trends observed in 2024 according to Wintermute:

⬆️ Increase: DeFi (+18%), Payment networks (+20%)

⬇️ Decline: Media/arts/entertainment (-50%), Layer 2 (-18%)

️ Growth of new trading tools such as CFDs (4.3% of total volume in Q4)and options (+27%).

🔮 Wintermute's predictions for 2025:

- Creation of a BTC strat. reserve by the USA 🇺🇸 and domino effect on other countries (Europe, China, USA 🇦🇪)

- Listed company issues debt/shares to acquire Eth

- Major corporate operation settled in stablecoins

🚀 Wintermute's report highlights that institutional adoption of crypto continues to grow, even if this is not always reflected in prices.

Do you like this more worked-out style of notes? Let me know. #asknostr